News Cafe
Sooner or later - and we've found it's usually sooner - everyone gravitates to the News Cafe when they're in Miami. It could be as a meeting spot, a people watching spot, a breakfast, lunch or dinner spot, a happy hour get together, a chance to catch up on good reading and the news, or any mix of the aforegoing. Whatever the case, the News Cafe may be licensed as a dining establishment, but it's also something of a local landmark. A certain part of the ritual of having been to Miami that you really don't want to miss.
Located on the 800 block of Ocean Drive, the place to sit and observe here is usually out on the sidewalk seating. Lounge here with your coffee or sandwich as some of the most diverse cross-section of international types stroll by at any time of the day and night or month of the year. The News Cafe was a favorite haunt of designer Gianni Versace when he lived nearby at Casa Casuarina in the Nineties, and it was from here that he returned home to meet his sensational death at the gates of his villa. On a more pleasant note, past events do not seem to have dimmed the Cafe's popularity, with the doors remaining open 24 hours and making it a favored haunt of city night owls of all stripes. The menu remains as global as the clientele, with both continental and American style breakfasts; pastas, burgers and paninis; and an assortment of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern dishes. The bar area is popular for its happy hour, Monday through Thursday, between 4 and 7 p.m., with a nice selection of both American and Euro import wines and frozen cocktails. But to tell the truth, News Cafe wins our hearts with its ample supply of international and American magazines and newspapers, so we can keep up with the world and our industry while keeping up with the South Beach scene around us.
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News Cafe - 800 Ocean Drive, MIami Beach; Tel: (305) 538-6397